jpdb beta

no; nope

3

to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying

1

failure; defeat; mistake; unconsciousness

1

motion

1

rod; pole; stick; fishing rod

1

looking for something; searching for something; object being sought

3

dowsing

1

writing down; taking notes; notes; writings; written examination; written test

2

action; operation; process; agency; effect; function

7

shrieking; squealing; screeching; chattering (e.g. of a monkey); chittering

1

random; random sampling

1

to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)

12

first letter of a word; capital letter (at the start of a word or sentence); initials (of one's name)

1

technical term; terminology; jargon

2

devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding

2

to become brilliant; to become cheerful

1

to blow out (a flame)

2

promotion; encouragement; fostering; unwanted help (usu. unintentionally harmful); unnecessary help; disservice

4

depending on the situation; depending on circumstances

1

hyperventilation; overbreathing; hyperpnea; overventilation

3

illness; condition; -pathy

3

labored breathing; laboured breathing; dyspnea; dyspnoea

3

dizziness; giddiness; vertigo

1

convenient; expedient; makeshift

1

lumping together; putting all together

1

existing (between); interposition; intervention; involvement

2

to give candid advice; to give harsh but honest advice; to admonish

1

depression; low spirits; dejection

1

spiritism session; seance

18

spiritism; spiritualism

2

meeting; assembly; association; conjunction

7

bereaved family; surviving family; family of the deceased

2

psychic power

3

professional

1

First World War (1914-1918); World War I; WWI; WW1

1

to cause casualties; to result in deaths

2

roots of grass; grassroots (e.g. of a political party); rank and file; places hidden from sight

1

exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC

7

summoning spirits; calling down spirits; spirit evocation; communing with spirits; communicating with the dead; spiritualism

9

rapping sound (and other sounds when associated with poltergeists)

6

(reciprocal) communication; (coming to a) mutual understanding

1

preparation of tools

2

mix; mixture; (pre-made) mix; cake mix; mixed; mixed doubles team

2

devote oneself to; to do as one pleases; to act selfishly

1

game of (blindfolded) tag similar to the children's swimming pool game "Marco Polo"

4

Yanagita

8

Kunio

2

invoking a deity during a festival held in that deity's honor; medium's invocation of a deity to take possession of her (to receive his divine message or revelation)

8

"bird-in-the-cage" children's game

1

being entertained by a geisha

2